Sherry Shahan lives in a laid-back beach town in California where she grows carrot tops in ice cube trays for pesto. Her work has appeared in Hippocampus, F(r)iction, Gargoyle, Literary Mama, Down in the Dirt (featured artist), Cleaver (featured artist) and elsewhere and is forthcoming from Orion’s Belt (cover). She earned an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and taught a creative writing course for UCLA for 10 years. wwwSherryShahan.com